Watford fans had called for the return of former favourite Jackett whose father played for the club.

His own name is etched into Watford folklore with Jackett having joined as a trialist at the age of 12 and become an integral part of Graham Taylor’s First Division side and going on to coach and manage the club before his departure when Gianluca Vialli arrived in 2001.

“No it is not something that I have thought about or considered since I left,” said Jackett.

“It is my home town club, definitely, but in the circumstances all of my energies and my focus are quite rightly on Wolves.

“I think it is an exciting time to be at Wolves. It is an exciting project that is developing well.”

Sannino’s exit followed the departures of Mark Robins from Huddersfield and Leeds’ Dave Hockaday.

Jackett is probably only half-joking when he says it is impossible for a manager to look too far into the future.

“That’s three managers in Leeds, Huddersfield and Watford by the end of August which is pretty good going, isn’t it?

“In my job where you see yourself, and where you are, are sometimes two different things! But no, I enjoy being at Wolves.

“It has been a good time, it is exciting for us anyway. It looks an exciting season. It is an exciting time. All of my focus is on being here now.”

“Whether he resigned? You don’t know. It wasn’t clear. You don’t know what the situation is.

“There had been rumours for a couple of weeks. It is an unusual situation with such a good squad,

“Troy Deeney just signing a four year contract and certainly if you are looking at the forwards and the firepower they have got they look as good as anybody in the division.

“Although it’s early the table does show that. They are second in the League.

“I don’t know really what has gone on. I don’t know any more than that. I don’t necessarily know the inside of it.

“The club are Italian owned and it seems a very professional organisation.

“The people I know there aren’t on the coaching staff any more, they are people in the offices and the press office.

“They say it is a very well organised club. The players who have come in are all of a high standard.

“They have moved it down to Category Three Academy and are then relying on their own scouting network which services the three clubs that they own (Udinese and Granada). and they do turn up a lot of very good players.

“So they have a great chance this year with those forward options and they are like Blackburn in many ways who turned down very good money for Jordan Rhodes,

“Watford must have done the same with regards to Deeney because a number of Premier League clubs came in for him.

“To turn down really good money for Deeney does show a statement of intent from the club.

“I would think looking at their players they think they have a good chance of promotion this year.”